Press Releases

Second Annual Sedalia Film Festival Returns to the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum

Richard Caswell, North Carolina’s First Governor, to be Honored with Revolutionary-Era Militia Muster and Wreath-Laying Ceremony

N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Announces Appointment of Deputy Secretary Dr. Melody Hunter-Pillion

2026 North Carolina Book Award Recipients Announced

North Carolina’s rich literary tradition will be celebrated Dec. 4 as the 2026 North Carolina Book Awards are presented during the annual meeting of the N.C. Literary and Historical Association at 109 E. Jones St. in Raleigh. The ceremony begins at 1 p.m.

Museum of the Albemarle Requests Mill Artifacts, Images

Fort Dobbs Military Timeline Event to Explore Military Service Through the Ages

Clyde McPhatter, Rock and Roll Pioneer, to be Featured on N.C. Highway Historical Marker

Report Manatee Sightings to Marine Mammal Stranding Networks

Each year, Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) are spotted along the North Carolina coast from spring through fall, inhabiting the ocean, estuaries and rivers.

Historic Edenton Brings Revolutionary-era Assassination Plot and Trial to Life With New Program, Nov. 6-7

State Parks Acquires Land for Lumber River State Park